Description
A refreshing and unusual contribution that should appeal to a larger audience than mathematicians alone, including historians and art theorists. Tubbs's focus on artists whose mathematical intentions are made clear by the artists themselves is original. -- Janice Sklensky, Wheaton College
About the Author
Robert Tubbs is an associate professor of mathematics at the University of Colorado-Boulder and author of What Is a Number? Mathematical Concepts and Their Origins, also published by Johns Hopkins.
Reviews
For those viewing mathematics and the creative arts as distinctly separate endeavors, Tubbs provides an insightful treatise that proves otherwise... Though the content of Tubbs's book is challenging, it is also accessible and should interest many on both sides of the perceived divide between mathematics and the arts. Choice A fascinating journey through the works of modern art and literature... This book can be seen as a guide to understanding the various movements that emerged within artistic circles in the 20th century. Tubbs does an excellent job of leading the reader through this world of ideas, gently guiding the non-mathematicians through the panorama of advanced mathematics, and mathematicians and those who are artistically naive to an appreciate of the world of modern art and literature... The book serves as a compass to guide the reader to a better understanding of modern art. -- Jay Kapraff LMS Newsletter A beautiful narration... Every chapter is well balanced between the mathematical side and the art side. -- Riccardo Moschetti Zentralblatt Math Books like Mathematics in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art help us get rid of prejudices, and indeed open our eyes to see. -- Capi Corrales-Rodriganez Mathematical Reviews Tubbs's exposition proves so clear and thorough that the mathematical novice reading Mathematics in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art receives an introductory course in the fundamentals of higher mathematics... Reluctant mathematicians will be delighted to discover that Tubbs's mathematical explanations afford new analyses of canonical artworks. Make Literary Magazine
Book Information
ISBN 9781421413792
Author Robert Tubbs
Format Hardback
Page Count 184
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 363g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm